Menu System Refactor
Having a good menu system is a vital component to making almost any kind of turn-based RPG. The menu system has come quite a way since the earlier versions of the project, but it had unfortunately become a bit unwieldy to use. In order to simplify using the menu system, I had decided to rewrite large portions of the base menu class in order to make it easier to use menus in different parts of the game. Now creating new menus will be better and easier than ever.
Along with making it easier to use, I have also added a few new cool features to the menu system that we can use in any of our menus. Here's a list of some of the new features!
- Move Menu Animation
- Menu Border Animations
- Menu Background Animations
Here's a more in-depth review of each of these new features:
Menu Move Animation
You can now move a menu across the screen over any given amount of time!
Example Code
menu = NewMenu(game, position=('75%', '50%'), size=(100, 100))
menu.add_text("This is some dialog!", justify="center", align="middle")
menu.move((400, 500), duration=3.5)Menu Border Animations
Menus can now have animated borders!
Example Code
border_images = {}
border_directions = ["left", "right", "top", "bottom", "left-top",
"left-bottom", "right-top", "right-bottom"]
for d in border_directions:
border_images[d] = []
for i in range(9):
border_images[d].append("resources/gfx/tmp/menu-" + d + "_0" + str(i + 1) + ".png")
menu = NewMenu(game, position=('75%', '50%'), size=(100, 100), border_images=border_images)
menu.add_text("This is some dialog!", justify="center", align="middle")Menu Background Animations
Menus can now have animated backgrounds!
Example Code
menu_anim = []
base = "resources/gfx/sprites/menu/tv"
for i in range(9):
menu_anim.append(base + str(i + 1) + ".png")
menu = NewMenu(game, ('75%', '50%'), (100, 100), background=menu_anim)
menu.add_text("This is some dialog!", justify="center", align="middle")
By ShadowApex 7 Oct 2015 07:24
Lead Developer · 374 comments